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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060174389 | Revolving slide The present invention related to a device for maintaining one's pant leg in the proper position in relation to one's shoes, to conceal the shoe, and retaining the trouser legs away from the ground. This invention includes a shoe with integrated fastener such as a hook, ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174390 | Object wrapper and wearable protective cover apparatus and method One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus and method for utilizing an object wrapper and wearable protective cover. An object wrapper and wearable protective cover an object to be wrapped inside of the apparatus wherein the apparatus may be l... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174391 | Cold weather outerwear An outerwear system for use in cold weather includes a vest to which external components may be attached. These components include sleeves, a cape, a hood, and a vest extension. The components may be individually attachable to the vest by slide fasteners. ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174392 | Gas distribution garment having a spacer element A garment for cooling the body of a wearer is described which comprises a substantially gas impermeable first substrate and a gas-permeable second substrate attached to form a cavity. At least one spacer element is provided between the first and second substrates to mai... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174393 | Item of apparel An article of upper-body clothing (100) including shell fabric defining a body to which are attached sleeves (102) along body-sleeve seams, and another instrument, preferably stretchable or stretchable ventilating bands (104) underlying the fabric i... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174394 | Post surgical pant system This invention relates to a post surgical pant system for individuals who have had foot surgery and need to protect the surgical area on the foot and their adjoining let so as to enable normal walking with a pant like system which adapts to the leg and and foot while cu... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174395 | Athletic apparatus having glove and locking handle The present invention relates to an athletic apparatus for providing comfortability and protection. The athletic apparatus includes a glove having a first cushion covering substantially the entire inner surface of the glove, and a first locking means disposed on the sur... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174396 | Hard hat sun shade A sun shade for a hard hat includes a piece of flexible material removably and adjustably attached to a hard hat that is stretched to a substantially consistent shape by a piece of springing material. The flexible material may be attached to the hard hat using an elasti... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174397 | Headwear visor The invention is an article of headwear that incorporates a two piece composite visor. The visor includes a deformable portion and a non-deformable portion. The deformable portion contacts a wearer's head to provide a superior comfort and fit. ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174398 | Modular headwear system The present invention relates to a modular system for creating customizable headwear. One embodiment of the present invention includes a crown with a base portion. The outer surface of the crown includes at least one releasable attachment system to allow various accesso... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174399 | Customizable jeans garment A pants-type garment consisting of two completely independent and complimentary parts, which are releasably joinable but are nowhere permanently attached. The parts are joined in an area extending from the top of the front waistband to the top of the rear waistband. Aft... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174400 | Wearing Article and Method of Manufacturing the Same A wearing article (4 to 4D) includes a main body (5 to 5D) having a front part (P), a back part (Q) and a crotch part (R) coupling the front part (P) and the back part (Q). The main body (5A to 5D) includes a pair of waist edges... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174401 | Vertical adjustment mechanism for helmet mount for night vision device A helmet mount includes a helmet block, a chassis attached to the helmet block, the chassis adapted to receive the night vision device, and a vertical adjustment assembly for vertically adjusting a night vision device relative to a user's eyes while the helmet mount is ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174402 | Temporary human waste disposal system and method A system and method for temporary sanitary disposal of human liquid waste in a building under construction on a level above ground level with a ceiling and prior to the installation of permanent plumbing fixtures. The method comprises the steps of providing one or more ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174403 | Dual flush refill device A dual flush refill device refills a bowl of a siphonic toilet with adequate supply of refill water in response to either a full or partial flush without wasting the refill water. The device provides a relatively high flow rate of refill water from a refill tube to an o... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174404 | Drainage tray for shampooing bowls A drainage tray is adapted to be placed in a hair shampooing bowl having a bottom and front and rear walls extending upwardly from the bottom, a drain opening adjacent the front wall, and a peripheral edge spaced above the bottom and including an area on the front wall ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174405 | Patient transfer and transport bed The present invention is a transfer and transport device and method for moving a patient from a bed to another location within a medical facility. The transport device includes an integral transfer mechanism for transferring a patient from a hospital bed to the device a... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174406 | Collapsible base frame for playyard A collapsible base frame for playyard, comprising a control device pivotally connected between a first lower frame assembly and a second lower frame assembly. The control device including a joint having a push-button for controlling a positioner to precisely and accurat... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174407 | Easy to assemble bed base, two-component connector & kit A bed base and bed base kit includes four side members, each being symmetrical about its longitudinal axis. The side members are assembled into a rectangular structure with the members positioned to stand vertically upright on their edges. Opposed side members are of th... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174408 | Hide away bed rail A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174409 | Blanket for use during bodyworking or massage The blanket for use during bodyworking or massage is a blanket having laterally extending slits defined therein that define an upper portion and a lower portion of the blanket, and an axially extending slit medially disposed in the lower portion defining individual leg ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174410 | Weighted blanket The present invention relates to a blanket or cover with a weighted perimeter or border for covering mammals or humans. The blankets or covers of variable thickness and/or weight and made of various known materials or fabrics having a weighted perimeter or border provid... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174411 | Travel pillowcase, pillow system and kit A travel pillowcase, pillow system and kit. The travel pillowcase includes a first sheet of a water resistant fabric and a second sheet of a substantially flexible water resistant fabric disposed in substantially parallel relation to the first sheet. A substantial porti... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174412 | Patient table In order to make it possible for a patient to easily and safely mount a patient table in a manner which requires little effort, at least one, especially extendable and retractable and/or fold-up and fold-down step is integrated into a patient mounting aid in the inventi... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174413 | Substitutive pillow The present invention provides a substitutive pillow, which feels like a real arm pillowing one's head and provides a variety of modes of use. In a substitutive pillow formed in mimicry of human torso and arm, the arm part includes an uppe... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174414 | PILLOW A pillow adapted for supporting the head of a user. In some embodiments, the pillow can have a visco-elastic body having a center portion elevated with respect to adjacent lateral side portions, each of which can have a recess. The recess can have a concave shape in bot... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174415 | Portable diaper changing cot A portable diaper changing cot consisting of a light weight nested triple folding frame and integrally attached canvass or cloth cover which can easily be carried and utilized to provide a comfortable and sanitary surface on which a baby or child can be laid for diaper ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174416 | Multi-chamber inflatable bed with unidirectional air inlet unit between chambers An inflatable bed includes an enclosure member defining a receiving space, an inner partition sheet disposed within the enclosure member and dividing the receiving space into first and second chambers, an air valve attached to the enclosure member and communicating flui... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174417 | Multiple chamber fluid pressurizable mattress The present invention comprises a fluid pressurizable multiple chamber mattress wherein each chamber is capable of operably receiving and releasing a fluid, comprising a first covering sheet, at least two fabric layers positioned upon the inner surface of the first cove... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174418 | Method for hydrophobing textile materials The process for finishing textile materials by treatment with at least one aqueous liquor which comprises at least one organic polymer and at least one organic or inorganic solid in particulate form, wherein the organic or inorganic solid or solids are present in the li... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174419 | Method of rendering a fabric elastic by means of caustic treatment and relaxation machine for performing said method and fabric thus obtained The invention relates to a method of treating a fabric by impregnation with a metal peroxide, characterized in that it consists in applying to a fabric, for example a de-sized and/or previously bleached hydrophilic one, whose weft (or inversely whose warp) consists of n... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174420 | Method of treating fabrics and fibres A solution for treating fabrics or fibres consists of between 0.1 and 10 percent natural fibre material suspended in distilled water. The solution is used to wet fabrics or fibres for a period of between 1 and 60 minutes. After wetting the fabrics or fibres are dried at... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174421 | Process for extracting liquid from a fabric A process extracts liquid from a fabric having a first content of liquid through the use of a mechanical extraction means and penetration of a surfactant monolayer created at the air-liquid interface of the first liquid contained in the fabric by a surfactant penetrant.... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174422 | Symmetrical diazo compounds comprising 4-pyridinium groups and a cationic or non-cationic linker, compositions comprising them, method for coloring, and device Disclosed herein are symmetrical cationic diazo compounds chosen from compounds of formula (I), their resonance forms, their acid addition salts, and their solvates: Also disclosed herein are dyeing compositions comprising such compounds as a direct dye in a medium ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174423 | Highly affine cosmetic agent The invention relates to a cosmetic agent which is made essentially of a peptide linker and at least one cosmetic active ingredient which is covalently connected thereto. ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174424 | Composition for dyeing human hair This invention relates to a hair dyeing composition comprising direct acting hair dyes and showing excellent dyeing effects. It should be well understood that the colouring composition of this invention are ready to use colouring composition and, therefore, do not requi... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174425 | Method of dyeing an SLA part A method for post-dyeing photopolymer parts. It may be used for custom ear shells for hearing aid applications or for adding color to any stereo-lithography part that is made from a suitable clear-based photopolymer resin. ... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174426 | Acid dye mixture The present invention refers to a red-dyeing acid dye mixture comprising a dye of the formula (I) and at least one dye of the formula (II) a process for its manufacturing and a process for dyeing and printing of natural or synthetic polyamide fiber material... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174427 | Gantry with auto-adjusting prestressing The present invention refers to a gantry for use in the construction process of bridges, viaducts and other structures, said gantry being equipped with a system that automatically adjusts the prestressing of the said gantry's structure in accordance to the external acti... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060174428 | Illuminated snowboard railway track An internally illuminated snowboard track for recreational areas or parks which are operated at night is made up of a continuous elongated transparent rail which is supported a predetermined distance above the ground by a base support member, and a light source extends ... | 08/10/2006 |